Cape Rep Presents Sarah Ruhl's EURYDICE 5/6-6/6

Cape Rep Theatre will open it's 25th Anniversary Season on May 6 with Sarah Ruhl's Eurydice. Resident Director Maura Hanlon will stage this Pulitzer Prize nominated play. Performances will continue for 5 weeks until June 6. Performances take place on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm. There is no performance on Sunday, May 9. There is an added performance Wednesday, May 26 at 7pm. Tickets are currently only available as part of a 3, 4 or 5 play subscription. Individual tickets will go on sale April 17. Tickets are $25. Bookings and information are available by calling the box office at 508.896.1888 or visiting our website at www.caperep.org.

Playwright Sarah Ruhl is a Pulitzer Prize nominee and a MacArthur "genius" award winner. Her recent plays, "In the Next Room (or the Vibrator Play)", "Dead Man's Cell Phone" and "Clean House" have made her one the most exciting new playwrights working in theater today. In "Eurydice", Ruhl's humor and gift for lyrical theatricality provide a fresh take on the Greek myth of Orpheus told through the eyes of its heroine. On her wedding day, a mysterious man delivers a letter to Eurydice from her dead father, provoking a journey across the chasm of life and death. The New York Times described Eurydice as "a tenderhearted comedy...a magical play with gripping emotional potency...a love letter to the world..."

The cast is led by Ashlea Potts, who appeared in last season's "A Class Act" in the title role. The rest of the cast includes James Albright, Jo Brisbane, Andrew Eldredge, Todd Moos, Richard Sullivan and Cleo Zani. The design team includes set is by Ryan McGettigan, lighting by Herrick Goldman and Susan Nicholson, costumes by Robin McLaughlin, props by Mary Fritz. Hanlon will provide sound design.

Special Performances of "Eurydice" are scheduled to coincide with the celebration of the 25th Anniversary Season. May 8th will mark the official 25th Anniversary Season Kick Off Party. Dinner, Performance and a Champagne Toast Reception is available. Tickets for that event range from $50-$250. This season will Cape Rep will also offer "Pay-What-You-Can" Performances. Other events will be announced as the season continues. Details are available by calling 508.896.1888.

"Eurydice" opens a season that will include the 25th Anniversary Revival Production of Cape Rep's first show "The Wizard of Oz" directed by Founding Artistic Director Robert R. Troie in July and August. September and October brings Warren Leight's Tony Winning Best Play Side Man. The season will conclude in November and December with the Broadway Musical Comedy Smash "The Drowsy Chaperone". One more performance in June and July will be announced shortly. Cape Rep will also offer it's annual Children's programming in the Cape's only Outdoor Theatre. Mary Wilson's Pitter, Patter, Puppets and "How I Became a Pirate" will run June 29-September 2. Cape Rep will also partner with the Sea Pines Inn for the 16th Annual Broadway Musical Dinner Revue, June 20-September 5. Group rates, subscriptions and special event performances will also take place throughout the season, starting with 'Footlight Fantasies' April 16-18. Information is available on our newly launched website or by calling 508.896.1888.